Quanda B.

It only happened one time with my baby, that she never had diapers. Like I did not have one diaper and I will never let that happen again. It says, “Every baby in need.” Every baby has a need. My baby at that time needed diapers and it was either diapers or something my other child needed.

My son’s a ‘cap baby’ — that means I’m just getting cash assistance for me and my daughter only. The state will only
support one kid. Why should we have to suffer, the people that have two kids? They think we’re playing games, but no, we just really need the help.

I don’t like an empty freezer. I don’t like an empty freezer because I’ve been where my freezer was completely empty. It’s like my pockets are already empty. Why does my fridge have to be empty too? So I’ve just cut out certain things, like no company for dinner. And I nibble. Me and my daughter, we’ll eat that for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. That rice will last us for a week and it won’t be the same rice. It’ll be white rice today. I’ll put some stuff on it and it’ll be yellow rice. I’ll put some canned peas in it to stretch it out.